by Whit Weinmann Back in Fall of 2019, I took the class that I am now a Writing TA for. This class, the senior year capstone course, challenged me quite a bit! Then as now, it blends advanced statistical topics, communication skills, and team-based-real-world-project work into one neat package. To be honest, it’s a bit…
by Makeiva Jenkins This year I agreed to be a WIP TA with some reservation. Coming from a background of being a language arts teacher, I realized grading writing is a huge responsibility and takes an astounding amount of energy to process. You can feel the weight of grading and being responsible for the success…
by Osvaldo Maldonado As a young boy, I always had a deep interest in the sciences and was an avid reader of scientific books. My interest only gradually grew throughout my educational journey, which transformed into a passion: becoming a scientist. Indubitably, to become a great scientist, one must be able to effectively communicate their…
by Nathan Fleeson, Religion, ’18-19 Entering into my program and knowing that I was going to have to start teaching and interacting with student work, I was extremely nervous in large part because I am not that much older than college students. In fact around campus and in the classroom, I am routinely confused with…